A prison food worker at the Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center in Jackson, Mich., was fired Wednesday, May 10, 2017, after she and an inmate were caught having sex in the kitchen, the state corrections department said. The incident happened inside a cooler just after dinner at the Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center in Jackson, Mich., where new inmates are sent before they are assigned to a longer-term prison.“The allegation is that she was observed having sex with a prisoner” who worked in the kitchen, said Chris Gautz, a department spokesman.

— A prison food worker at a Michigan prison was fired Wednesday after she and an inmate were caught having sex in the kitchen, a state Department of Corrections spokesman said Thursday.